Awesome Bicycle Logos

+1 That's so nice. Where is it from?

Just from Tracko's flickr, I think. Unfortunately no pictures of the full bike I could find..

This might of use to anyone (to be exact, anyone as ignorant as me..) thinking about restoring an old head badge. I bought this:

and saw a picture somewhere on the web of what I assumed to be its original colours, thought 'I can do that', wiped over the badge with a cloth and, with a my tin of Humbrol, got to work. By the time I'd finished, it looked so bad that I decided to remove it. The paint had dried, so I used a soft wire brush and paint brush cleaner. The Humbrol came off easily but I kept going and lo and behold the original colour re-appeared. Guess it was oxidisation? Not really sure. Anyway to go from my bodge to revealing the original craftmanship was so lucky - I really do think it is awesome!!

as a kid all I ever wanted was a mercian. still do.

is it wrong to put a supreme sticker on my bike frame?

Not wrong, or a cool story.

oh dear

General Lucifer used to have a frame that he thought was a Generale Lucifer

I now realise it was probably a Genial Lucifer, meaning Brilliant Lucifer

awesome

oh dear

General Lucifer used to have a frame that he thought was a Generale Lucifer

I now realise it was probably a Genial Lucifer, meaning Brilliant Lucifer

I thought he realised that a long time ago?

I think he's told the story somewhere on here.

A play on:

http://oldbike.wordpress.com/1930s-genial-lucifer/

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This might of use to anyone (to be exact, anyone as ignorant as me..) thinking about restoring an old head badge. I bought this:

and saw a picture somewhere on the web of what I assumed to be its original colours, thought 'I can do that', wiped over the badge with a cloth and, with a my tin of Humbrol, got to work. By the time I'd finished, it looked so bad that I decided to remove it. The paint had dried, so I used a soft wire brush and paint brush cleaner. The Humbrol came off easily but I kept going and lo and behold the original colour re-appeared. Guess it was oxidisation? Not really sure. Anyway to go from my bodge to revealing the original craftmanship was so lucky - I really do think it is awesome!!

oh dear

General Lucifer used to have a frame that he thought was a Generale Lucifer

I now realise it was probably a Genial Lucifer, meaning Brilliant Lucifer

I've seen this before:

But never seen the head badges. They are incredible! I'd really love one of those.
I'll stick with 'General' for now, but I do like the 'Génial' tag.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tiYCPoJl2js/TtjGOd8zNMI/AAAAAAAABGU/2LUm7xGVIgw/s400/POGBadge-PINP-thumb-500x499-947%255B1%255D.jpg

Love this thread! Very inspired by the logos and metal head badges.... Great! cc